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This combination of undated images shows residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz who have been freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, where they had been held hostage since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack. Top row from left: Adina Moshe, Sapir Cohen, Ofelia Roitman, Irena Tati, Yelena Trupanov, Ada Sagi. Second row from left: Sahar Kalderon and her brother Erez Kalderon, Liat Atzili, Ilana Gritzewsky, Shani Goren, Channa Peri. Third row from left: Yaffa Adar, Nili Margalit, sisters Aviv, right, and Raz Asher Katz, Eitan Yahalomi, Yagil Yaakov, Tamar Metzger. Bottom row from left: Dafna Elyakim and her sister Ela Elyakim, Sharon Aloni Cunio, center, and her twin daughters, Emma and Yuli, Keren Munder and her son Ohad, Ditza Heiman, Hannah Katzir. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum via AP)

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'We are officially hostages.' How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas' hostage strategy
By LORI HINNANT AND SAM MCNEIL - Associated Press
Mon,12/04/23-11:21PM , 43 Reads
NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The Hamas attack on the kibbutz of Nir Oz started a little after 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 7 and lasted long into the afternoon, with dozens of militants rampaging unopposed through the community with an apparent mission: To capture as many civilians as possible.
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This combination of undated images shows residents of Kibbutz Nir Oz who have been freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, where they had been held hostage since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack. Top row from left: Adina Moshe, Sapir Cohen, Ofelia Roitman, Irena Tati, Yelena Trupanov, Ada Sagi. Second row from left: Sahar Kalderon and her brother Erez Kalderon, Liat Atzili, Ilana Gritzewsky, Shani Goren, Channa Peri. Third row from left: Yaffa Adar, Nili Margalit, sisters Aviv, right, and Raz Asher Katz, Eitan Yahalomi, Yagil Yaakov, Tamar Metzger. Bottom row from left: Dafna Elyakim and her sister Ela Elyakim, Sharon Aloni Cunio, center, and her twin daughters, Emma and Yuli, Keren Munder and her son Ohad, Ditza Heiman, Hannah Katzir. (Hostages and Missing Families Forum via AP)

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'We are officially hostages.' How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy
By LORI HINNANT AND SAM MCNEIL - Associated Press
Mon,12/04/23-11:20PM , 55 Reads
NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The engineer and his family cowered in the safe room, dark except for a red remote-control light because they feared the gunmen outside the door would notice anything brighter.
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